UH strongly encourages everyone to get vaccinated to protect the entire campus community.
“I came down here to get vaccinated because I saw the email the school sent out and I thought it would be a good opportunity,” said
UH Mānoa student
Cameron Malalis. “I wanted to be part of that. I really want to go back to school in the fall.”
Fellow student
Bastien Rasse, who also received the vaccine, agreed.
“The school gave me the opportunity to get it and I thought, might as well,” said Rasse. “I really miss attending classes and everything and I think it is good that we get that back.”
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David Lassner. The Hawaiʻi Deptartment of Health (
DOH) has final approval on who receives the vaccine and when. Based on the emerging knowledge about COVID-19 disease and the supply of the vaccine in the state,
DOH determines priority groups to be vaccinated. The prioritization list in the message sent on February 9, 2021, is for internal use by the University of Hawaiʻi. The
UH System is committed to following the
DOH vaccination prioritization order as it exists today or may change in the future.
At this time, given the limited supply of vaccines,
UH student athletes and student residents on campus cannot be part of a group that is prioritized above frontline essential workers. The group formerly consisting of 1B-4 workers will now be categorized as 1B-3 workers. We will continue to work to vaccinate our student athletes and residents on campus, in a manner consistent with
Aloha,
University of Hawaiʻi employees are eligible for up to two hours of administrative leave (per dose) to take the COVID-19 vaccine during normal work hours, as operations permit. This leave allowance follows
Gov. David Ige’s direction for state employees announced February 8, 2021.
Employees must work with their supervisor and obtain approval before taking time off to be vaccinated, in accordance with
UH President
David Lassner‘s February 9 memorandum regarding the administrative leave for vaccines.
The online leave system is currently being updated to accommodate requests for “Administrative Leave – Vaccine”; however, it is not available at this time. Until then, supervisors should keep track of any approvals granted along with the date and time the leave was taken so that they may be accurately recorded in the online leave system when it becomes available.